Posts Tagged ‘McKeown’
Why Reacting Matters As Much As Planning
[This is a guest post from Max McKeown. Max is a consultant, researcher and writer focused on innovation and strategy. The following is excerpted from his new release The Strategy Book.] Young Ingvar Kamprad used unexpected cash from his father – a gift for good exam results – to found IKEA. He lived near furniture [...]
Can One Book Cover All of Strategy?
There are a lot of books on strategy. Most fall into two categories: light or dry. Light strategy books have the word strategy in the title, but offer little in the way of applicable insights on organizational strategy. Dry strategy books offer great insight, but are typically written in a dry, academic (or academic sounding) [...]
Book Review: The Synergist
A few weeks ago, we welcomed back Les McKeown (not the one from the Bay City Rollers) to the LeaderLab podcast. Les’ first book, Predictable Success, outlined organizational life cycles in an easy to comprehend model and provided suggestions for how to keep an organization from declining. His follow-up, The Synergist, digs a little deeper [...]
0212 | Les McKeown
Les McKeown (not the one from the Bay City Rollers) is is the President & CEO of Predictable Success. He has has started over 40 companies in his own right, and was the founding partner of an incubation consulting company that advised on the creation and growth of hundreds more organizations worldwide. Since relocating from his [...]
LeaderLab Episode 0112 – Les McKeown
Leading to Predictable Success Les McKeown is the President & CEO of Predictable Success. He has started over 40 companies in his own right, and was the founding partner of an incubation consulting company that advised on the creation and growth of hundreds more organizations worldwide. His book, Predictable Success, discusses the lifecycle of organizations [...]
